Description
High-relief carved oak jamb, part of a pan-de-bois, depicting a madman. The figure has a grotesque face and is dressed in a bonnet, belted tunic and shoes. 15th/16th century H. 76 cm - L. 23.3 cm (accidents and missing pieces, reattachments notably to the chin) More the work of "petite cognée" carpenters than imagiers, decorations for half-timbered or panelled houses hold a special place in late medieval sculpture. Grimacing jesters were among the festive and droll characters often depicted on the sablières of both churches and houses, counterbalancing the religious subjects. Numerous examples can be found in Brittany, notably in Saint-Brieuc, Morlaix and Nantes, where the apothecary of the Mellet house uses a jester as a breechcloth. Provenance : - Private collection, Chartres Book consulted : - D. Leloup, Maisons en pan-de-bois de Bretagne. Histoire d'un type d'architecture urbaine, Rennes, 2002
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High-relief carved oak jamb, part of a pan-de-bois, depicting a madman. The figure has a grotesque face and is dressed in a bonnet, belted tunic and shoes. 15th/16th century H. 76 cm - L. 23.3 cm (accidents and missing pieces, reattachments notably to the chin) More the work of "petite cognée" carpenters than imagiers, decorations for half-timbered or panelled houses hold a special place in late medieval sculpture. Grimacing jesters were among the festive and droll characters often depicted on the sablières of both churches and houses, counterbalancing the religious subjects. Numerous examples can be found in Brittany, notably in Saint-Brieuc, Morlaix and Nantes, where the apothecary of the Mellet house uses a jester as a breechcloth. Provenance : - Private collection, Chartres Book consulted : - D. Leloup, Maisons en pan-de-bois de Bretagne. Histoire d'un type d'architecture urbaine, Rennes, 2002
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